The purpose of the study was designed to examine the effect of trataka with shambavi mudra practices on attention and memory of college women students.  For the purpose of the study, thirty college women students from the various departments at Annamalai University were selected as subjects.  They were divided into two equal groups.  each group consisted of the fifteen subjects.  Group I underwent trataka with shambavi mudra practices for five days per week for twelve weeks.  Group II acted as control who did not undergo any special training programme apart from their regular physical education programme. The following variables namely attention and memory were selected as criterion variables.  All the subjects of two groups were tested on selected dependent variables by using Addenbrooke’s Cognitive examination [ACE-III] at prior to and immediately after the training programme. The analysis of covariance was used to analyze the significant difference, if any among the groups. The .05 level of confidence was fixed as the level of significance to test the ‘F’ ratio obtained by the analysis of covariance, which was considered as an appropriate. The results of the study showed that there was a significant difference between trataka with shambavi mudra practices group and control group on attention and memory. And also it was found that there was a significant change on attention and memory due to twelve weeks of trataka with shambavi mudra practices.

KEYWORDS: TRATAKA WITH SHAMBAVI MUDRA PRACTICES, ATTENTION, MEMORY, COLLEGE WOMEN STUDENTS